About block 904,174
Bitcoin block 904,174 was mined by OCEAN on July 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM UTC, 8 min 39 s after block 904,173. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,900 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0310 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1560 BTC for this block.
Block 904,174 is number 1,007 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,009 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,826 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,353 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.